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It’s not particularly surprising that not having a supportive spouse will hurt a woman’s career and, over time, potentially also undermine a marriage. However, it turns out that it’s not only their husbands who presume that a wife’s career will take a backseat to male ambitions. In a recent article, Lauren Rivera finds that academicRead more

Reposting from the blog at LSE: “The ostensibly objective criteria outlined in many Key Performance Indicators of excellence can become highly subjective and gendered when applied in practice.” O’Connor and O’Hagan. (2015) Excellence in university academic staff evaluation: a problematic reality? Studies in Higher Education.Read more

According to a recent article in the Times Higher Education, the number of female professors at some UK universities has declined despite efforts to promote gender equality, such as the Equality Challenge Unit’s Athena SWAN charter scheme. Louise Morley, director of the Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research at the University of Sussex, put it even better.Read more